Mostly Unsung
The weekly comedy history podcast that brings you bitesize biographies of the extraordinary, eccentric, outrageous and occasionally ordinary lives that until now have gone mostly unsung... mostly. Join your hosts Annie and Andrea as they bring you stories that your history teacher never taught you!
If you like stuffy lectures then you're not going to be a fan, sorry! But if you are looking to hang out with two old friends who love story telling, a good laugh and forgotten figures from history then welcome!
Covering everything from scientists to Grandmothers, survivors of wars to eccentric millionaires, all via ghost stories, anecdotes and terrible impressions of Hollywood legend Tim Curry. Come and hang out, have a giggle and join us every Friday.
Mostly Unsung
#6 A Pickpocketing Gambler & One Woman Determined to Get Home
Happy Unsung Friday everyone!
It's Friday and that means two new stories from your hosts Annie and Andrea.
This week on Mostly Unsung, grab your trumpets and banners as Annie takes us on a rollicking ride with a woman proudly sticking two fingers up to Tudor London to win a brilliant bet. Then Andrea takes us to the other side of the globe to the frozen Arctic, where one determined woman got left holding the fort and battled the elements to get her, and her faithful cat companion Vic, safely home. Don't worry cat lovers, the cat survives!
Andrea used these sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ada_Blackjack
https://oceanwide-expeditions.com/blog/ada-blackjack-forgotten-queen-of-arctic-expedition-survivors
https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/ada-blackjack-stranded-on-wrangel-island.htm
Annie used these sources:
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Moll-Cutpurse
https://eastendwomensmuseum.org/blog/mary-frith
https://www.hrp.org.uk/blog/mary-frith-the-cross-dressing-cavalier/#gs.lwcw0r
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See you next Friday!
